Queensland, Australia News

Three of the state's Medicare Local regions, the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and West Moreton-Oxley, took out the report's top spots with 14 per cent of residents in each area admitting they avoided treatment from a medical specialist because of the associated cost.

Australia's auto industry troubles may flow on to the next generation of job seekers, as the South Australian town of Elizabeth already knows, with the country's second highest youth unemployment rate and deep pockets of disadvantage.

ARNOLD Murgha was sentenced to three months rehab and three months home detention after being caught with a case of wine.

The first shipment of sugar to leave the Port of Bundaberg since floods devastated south-east Queensland in January is setting sail this afternoon.

's Homeless. Yearly, business leaders and CEO of different big companies experience what it is to be homeless as they sleep out in the streets.

OFF about a silver car seen in a remote part of Rockhampton has prompted police to launch a fresh search to find missing pair Robert Martinez and Chantal Barnett.

Queensland's Agriculture Minister says he doesn't think staff numbers at a Government research station in north Queensland contributed to the deaths of 47 cattle last month.

She joined Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie who made the announcement during a tour of the vaults of the Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages in George Street.

PNG PRIME MINISTER Peter O'Neill is expected to pay a visit to Townsville before the end of this month.

Two teenage boys have been charged after allegedly stealing a car and petrol, evading police for two days and crashing into another vehicle in the northeast Queensland city of Townsville.

PARENTS who teach their children to drive do not know basic road rules such as right of way or safety guidelines such as the correct hand position on the steering wheel and are passing on "deadly'' bad habits.

Australians Dimitri Agathos , Joseph Mawson and Josh Smith were out of luck at Round One of the 2013 CIK-FIA European KF Championships in Spain on the weekend.

The photo series titled Golden Skies by Louise Smit, a photographer based in Brisbane, Australia, is filled with gilded fashion fit for a modern princess.

The lead contamination in Mount Isa was apparently caused by mining operations according to the results of a scientific study.

South Sydney Rabbitohs prop George Burgess has been charged with two counts of wilful damage to a car following an incident in Cairns, according to reports.

Big swells are expected on the Gold and Sunshine coasts this week as a low pressure system builds in the Tasman Sea.

It's still not clear if a Queensland bushwalker who was shot in the stomach was the victim of an attack or an accident, police say.

Kendall St, Bundaberg was severely affected by flooding. More than 1000 homes remain at risk of being inundated in future floods.

There were plenty of great photos taken at City2South yesterday, but few better than this.

COMPETITORS representing eight countries will literally leap into action when the Showdown @ the Showgrounds makes a spectacular start to Queensland's only true international motorsport event, the International Rally of Queensland on the Sunshine Coast on 12-14 July.